Cheating in School

I can remember seeing cheating in school ever since I was in elementary school.  I remember we were doing times tables and the girl next to me decided that she wanted to start early.  I also remember from an early age that people would look at other people's paper for answers to a question.  I think that with texting and iPhones it has only gotten worse.  Now you can set up a group chat and have one person do all of your work and send it to the whole group.  I think that cheating in school's long term effects are not beneficial.  If you never do your notes and you get them from somebody else you will not know what you are supposed to be learning from the notes and therefore you will not be ready for the test.  Also, if you cheat on a test or quiz, then chances are the next test or the Final you will not be ready for it because you copied off of somebody else during the first time instead of getting the question wrong and learning from it.  All in all I think that cheating in school might help you at that very moment, but down the line the effects are detrimental because you will either get caught and get in trouble or you will not learn the subject you are supposed to be learning about.